LOL! I've not heard of the phrase "AbandonWare" before but it's interesting. Presumably though, a software company would have to officially declared the product 'abandoned'? Let's take a hypothetical product from a hypothetical company - PsychoSoft Word by a company called PsychoSoft. Let's say that PsychoSoft decide that there's no point continuing with their "Word" product as OpenOffice is wiping the floor with them. Now, along come Psynux Co. who decide to start selling old copies of PsychoSoft "Word" (with some additional bits and bobs in the box). The product starts selling well again - suddenly PsychoSoft decide that they 'may give "Word" another go' and demand any monies made by Psynux for selling their product without a reseller licence... I do remember that ManCentral was perpetually bombared with emails saying that having various mp3's on-line was infringing Copyright Law. I think the owner actually sought legal advice on the matter - presumably coming out successful in the end? With regards to the specific eBay items that started this thread - I think the £5 price is a bit cheeky, especially when you factor in the £1.50 shipping costs as well. It'd have been 'nicer' to have a £1 starting price (to cover CD media, toner ink, etc.) and put them in an auction. Still, will be interesting to see how they sell. On a personal note, my KLF collection has expanded massively since my interest in eBay was rekindled and I'm enjoying myself immensley tracking down some of the more elusive items. On the other hand - my car stereo will play mp3s directly, and two CDs full of my favourite KLF tracks would be just the ticket as my dashboard mounted SL1210 jumps terribly over speedbumps. =)
-----Original Message----- From: klf-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:klf-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Loki Ambrodious von Esling Sent: 10 August 2003 18:21 To: klf@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [KLF] an impudence
On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 06:13:14PM +0100, Chris Peel wrote:
I imagine it's a bit of a "grey area". I do remember hearing that, although Bill and Jimmy were notoriously liberal with their use of stolen samples, they'd come down like a ton of bricks on people who stole parts of their tracks. Whether this is true or not, I don't know, but I do smile at the irony...
another thought:
Consider the term "abandonware." Abandonware is software that is neither sold, nor supported by a software company. Since The JAMs/KLF are no more, and thier entire back catalogue has been deleted (KLF Comm. releases) maybe that's another way this could be justified and to a larger extent by defination, every release could be available for free!
Just don't go into a used cd store and walk out with thier 150UKP copy of 1987 and claim that it's free.
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